Wall Street Journal Crossword May 26, 2026 Answers

Below are all the clues for the Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Wall Street Journal Crossword, titled “Counter Offers” by Mike Shenk. Today’s puzzle has a total of 74 crossword clues. Click any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and past appearances.

ConstructorMike Shenk

Clues74

Grid15×15

Across

1Part of a dog’s paw3 Letters

4First-year collegian, informally5 Letters

9Potions professor at Hogwarts5 Letters

14Lincoln nickname3 Letters

15Event with bulls and broncos5 Letters

16Subject5 Letters

17African viper9 Letters

19In the midst of5 Letters

20Once in a while7 Letters

21Cancún cloaks7 Letters

23School of Buddhism3 Letters

24Idris of “Pacific Rim”4 Letters

25Joan in the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame4 Letters

282015 Maroon 5 song with a longer profane title10 Letters

34Santa’s crew5 Letters

36Lend ___ (listen)5 Letters

37Bullring cry3 Letters

38Comedic tribute5 Letters

39U-Haul offering3 Letters

40No longer woolly, say5 Letters

42Wrap up3 Letters

43Projectionist’s units5 Letters

45Deck for diviners5 Letters

46Designated driver, perhaps10 Letters

49Florida feature4 Letters

50Computing machine creator Turing4 Letters

51Finish for Gator or hater3 Letters

53Like books that make you feel things?7 Letters

56“I give up!”7 Letters

60Score of two under par5 Letters

61“You can figure it out,” and what the last words of 17-, 28- and 46-Across accomplish9 Letters

63Fielding flub5 Letters

64“Peer Gynt” composer5 Letters

65Earth: Prefix3 Letters

66Psychiatry session subject5 Letters

67Some British nobles5 Letters

68Creature in Liberty Mutual ads3 Letters

Down

1Letter between Oscar and Quebec in the NATO phonetic alphabet4 Letters

2Share a border with4 Letters

3Nimble-fingered4 Letters

4Oil container?5 Letters

5Chipmunk or chinchilla6 Letters

6Track figures4 Letters

7Take in3 Letters

8Savvy10 Letters

9Type symbol akin to an asterisk9 Letters

10Polite denial6 Letters

11For each4 Letters

12Cabinet wood4 Letters

13Sinus rhythm traces, for short4 Letters

18Gin drinks6 Letters

22Anna’s sister in “Frozen”4 Letters

25Cap for a beatnik5 Letters

26Without help5 Letters

27Dodge5 Letters

29Be more likely to win, maybe10 Letters

30Counting everything5 Letters

31Maryland governor Wes5 Letters

32Son of George and Jane Jetson5 Letters

33Doesn’t own5 Letters

35Transports for tots9 Letters

41House minority leader Jeffries6 Letters

44List-shortening abbr.4 Letters

47Savile Row pro6 Letters

48Zegler of 2025’s “Snow White”6 Letters

52Winery sediment5 Letters

53Burrito choice4 Letters

54Quite uncommon4 Letters

55Taj Mahal city4 Letters

56Recipe verb4 Letters

57Worker’s due4 Letters

58Thing4 Letters

59Grand4 Letters

62Rita of “The Masked Singer”3 Letters

About the May 26, 2026 WSJ Crossword

The Wall Street Journal Crossword for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 runs under the title “Counter Offers” and was constructed by Mike Shenk. It uses a 15×15 grid and contains 74 clues — 37 across and 37 down. Every answer above has been solved and verified by hand.

The WSJ Crossword publishes six days a week, Monday through Saturday, with difficulty building across the week. Monday puzzles are the most approachable, while Friday brings the celebrated WSJ contest crossword with a meta answer to crack, and Saturday features the largest grid of the week. Click any clue above to open a dedicated answer page with a letter-by-letter breakdown and every past appearance of that clue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clues are in the May 26, 2026 WSJ Crossword?

This puzzle contains 74 clues — 37 across and 37 down — all listed above with links to individual answer pages.

Who constructed this Wall Street Journal Crossword?

The May 26, 2026 puzzle was constructed by Mike Shenk.

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